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Dear Canada: These Are My Words

Dear Canada: These Are My Words: The Residential School Diary of Violet Pesheens

By Ruby Slipperjack

  • Short-listed, Red Cedar Award (BC Young Readers' Choice), 2018
  • Short-listed, Red Cedar Award (BC Young Readers' Choice), 2018
  • Commended, Best Books for Kids and Teens, Canadian Children's Book Centre, Starred Selection, 2017
  • Commended, TD Summer Reading Club, 2017
  • Commended, Best Books for Kids and Teens, Canadian Children's Book Centre, Starred Selection, 2017
  • Commended, TD Summer Reading Club, 2017
  • Commended, CBC Best Books of the Year, 2016
  • Commended, CBC Best Books of the Year, 2016
Icarus Down

Icarus Down

By James Bow

  • Short-listed, Snow Willow Award (Saskatchewan Young Readers' Choice), 2017
  • Short-listed, Prix Aurora Awards, 2017
  • Commended, Best Books for Kids and Teens, Canadian Children's Book Centre, Starred Selection, 2017
  • Commended, CBC Children's Book Panel Recommendation, 2016
Braids!

Braids!

By Robert Munsch
Illustrated by Dave Whamond

  • Winner, Reuben Award for Best Illustrated Book, National Cartoonists Society, 2017
  • Winner, Reuben Award for Best Illustrated Book, National Cartoonists Society, 2017
Haunted Canada 5: Terrifying True Stories

Haunted Canada 5: Terrifying True Stories

By Joel A Sutherland

  • Winner, Hackmatack Children's Choice Award (Atlantic Canada), 2016
  • Winner, OLA Silver Birch Award, Non-Fiction, 2016
  • Commended, Best Books for Kids and Teens, Canadian Children's Book Centre, 2016
The Dogs

The Dogs

By Allan Stratton

  • Winner, Manitoba Young Readers' Choice Award, 2017
  • Winner, OLA Red Maple Award, Fiction, 2016
  • Winner, Snow Willow Award (Saskatchewan Young Readers' Choice), 2016
  • Short-listed, IODE Canada Violet Downey Award, 2016
  • Short-listed, Ruth and Sylvia Schwartz Award, 2016
  • Commended, OLA Best Bets, 2015
  • Commended, Resource Links, Best of the Year, 2015
  • Commended, Quill & Quire, Books of the Year, 2015
  • Commended, Best Books for Kids and Teens, Canadian Children's Book Centre, 2015
The Princess and the Pony

The Princess and the Pony

By Kate Beaton

  • Winner, CBC Children's Choice Book Award, Illustrator of the Year, 2016
  • Short-listed, Joan Betty Stuchner – Oy Vey! – Funniest Children’s Book Award, 2017
  • Short-listed, The Globe and Mail, Best Books of the Year, 2015
  • Commended, Quill & Quire, Books of the Year, 2015
  • Commended, Resource Links, Best of the Year, 2015
  • Commended, Publishers Weekly, Best Books of the Year, 2015
  • Commended, OLA Best Bets, 2015
  • Commended, Kirkus Best Books, 2015
Bittersweet

Bittersweet

By Winnie Mack

  • Short-listed, Diamond Willow Award (Saskatchewan Young Readers' Choice), 2017
Hand in Hand

Hand in Hand

By Jean Little

  • Short-listed, Diamond Willow Award (Saskatchewan Young Readers' Choice), 2017
King Baby

King Baby

By Kate Beaton

  • Commended, Best Books for Kids and Teens, Canadian Children's Book Centre, 2017
  • Commended, OLA Best Bets, 2016
  • Commended, Kirkus Best Books of the Year, Picture Books, 2016
  • Commended, Globe 100: The 100 Best Books of the Year, 2016
  • Commended, Today's Parent 25 Best Kids’ Books of the Year, 2016
  • Commended, CBC Holiday Gift Guide Selection, 2016
Slacker

Slacker

By Gordon Korman

  • Short-listed, Cybils (Children's and Young Adults Bloggers' Literary Awards), Middle-Grade Fiction, 2016
  • Commended, OLA Best Bets, 2016
  • Commended, Best Books for Kids and Teens, Canadian Children's Book Centre, 2016
The Story of Canada

The Story of Canada

By Janet Lunn
By Christopher Moore
Illustrated by Alan Daniel

  • Commended, Best Books for Kids and Teens, Canadian Children's Book Centre, 2017
  • Commended, CBC Children's Book Panel Recommendation, 2016
An Inheritance of Ashes

An Inheritance of Ashes

By Leah Bobet

  • Winner, Sunburst Award, Young Adult category, 2016
  • Winner, Copper Cylinder Award, 2016
  • Winner, Prix Aurora Awards, 2016
  • Short-listed, Canadian Library Association Young Adult Book Award, 2016
  • Short-listed, Cybils (Children's and Young Adults Bloggers' Literary Awards), Young Adult Speculative Fiction, 2015
  • Commended, Best Books for Kids and Teens, Canadian Children's Book Centre, 2016
  • Commended, OLA Best Bets, 2015
Young Man With Camera

Young Man With Camera

By Emil Sher
Photographs by David Wyman

  • Winner, Vine Award for Canadian Jewish Literature, 2016
  • Short-listed, Amy Mathers Teen Book Award, 2016
  • Short-listed, Ruth and Sylvia Schwartz Award, 2016
  • Short-listed, Snow Willow Award (Saskatchewan Young Readers' Choice), 2016
  • Short-listed, OLA Red Maple Award, Fiction, 2016
  • Short-listed, Governor General's Award for Children's Literature - Text, 2015
  • Runner-up, Canadian Library Association Book of the Year for Children, 2016
  • Commended, Best Books for Kids and Teens, Canadian Children's Book Centre, Starred Selection, 2016
Sight Unseen

Sight Unseen

By David Carroll

  • Short-listed, Red Cedar Award (BC Young Readers' Choice), 2017
  • Short-listed, Sunburst Award, Young Adult category, 2016
  • Commended, Best Books for Kids and Teens, Canadian Children's Book Centre, Starred Selection, 2016
Dear Canada: Flame and Ashes

Dear Canada: Flame and Ashes: The Great Fire Diary of Triffie Winsor, St. John's, Newfoundland, 1892

By Janet McNaughton

  • Winner, Newfoundland & Labrador Book Awards - Children's/YA category, 2016
  • Winner, Newfoundland & Labrador Book Awards - Children's/YA category, 2016
  • Short-listed, Ann Connor Brimer Award for Children's Literature, 2015
  • Short-listed, Ann Connor Brimer Award for Children's Literature, 2015
  • Commended, Resource Links, Best of the Year, 2015
  • Commended, Resource Links, Best of the Year, 2015
Last Shot

Last Shot

By David Skuy

  • Short-listed, Manitoba Young Readers' Choice Award, 2017
  • Commended, Best Books for Kids and Teens, Canadian Children's Book Centre, 2016
A Year in the Life of a Total and Complete Genius

A Year in the Life of a Total and Complete Genius

By Stacey Matson

  • Winner, Chocolate Lily Book Award (BC Children's Choice), 2015
  • Short-listed, Rocky Mountain Book Award (Alberta Children's Choice), 2016
  • Short-listed, Manitoba Young Readers' Choice Award, 2016
  • Short-listed, Snow Willow Award (Saskatchewan Young Readers' Choice), 2015
  • Commended, Best Books for Kids and Teens, Canadian Children's Book Centre, 2015
Speechless

Speechless

By Jennifer Mook-Sang

  • Winner, Surrey Schools’ Book of the Year, 2017
  • Short-listed, Red Cedar Award (BC Young Readers' Choice), 2017
  • Short-listed, Manitoba Young Readers' Choice Award, 2017
  • Short-listed, Langley Schools Book of the Year, 2016
  • Short-listed, OLA Silver Birch Award, Fiction, 2016
  • Short-listed, IODE Canada Violet Downey Award, 2016
  • Short-listed, Diamond Willow Award (Saskatchewan Young Readers' Choice), 2016
  • Short-listed, CBC Best Books of the Year, 2015
  • Commended, TD Summer Reading Club, 2017
  • Commended, Best Books for Kids and Teens, Canadian Children's Book Centre, 2016
  • Commended, OLA Best Bets, 2015
Colossal Canada

Colossal Canada: 100 Epic Facts and Feats

By Frieda Wishinsky
By Elizabeth MacLeod

  • Short-listed, Red Cedar Award (BC Young Readers' Choice), 2017
  • Short-listed, Hackmatack Children's Choice Award (Atlantic Canada), 2016
  • Short-listed, OLA SIlver Birch Award, Non-Fiction, 2016
  • Commended, TD Summer Reading Club, 2017
  • Commended, Best Books for Kids and Teens, Canadian Children's Book Centre, 2015
Sorrow's Knot

Sorrow's Knot

By Erin Bow

  • Winner, Monica Hughes Award for Science Fiction and Fantasy, 2014
  • Short-listed, CBC Bookie Awards, Best Canadian Young Adult Book, 2014
  • Short-listed, Sunburst Award, Young Adult category, 2014
  • Short-listed, Ruth and Sylvia Schwartz Award, 2014
  • Commended, OLA Best Bets, 2014
  • Commended, Kirkus Best Books, 2014
  • Commended, Best Books for Kids and Teens, Canadian Children's Book Centre, Starred Selection, 2014
Finding Ruby Starling

Finding Ruby Starling

By Karen Rivers

  • Short-listed, Chocolate Lily Book Award (BC Children's Choice), 2015
  • Commended, Best Books for Kids and Teens, Canadian Children's Book Centre, 2015
Scare Scape

Scare Scape

By Sam Fisher

  • Winner, Hackmatack Children's Choice Award (Atlantic Canada), 2015
  • Short-listed, Manitoba Young Readers' Choice Award, 2015
  • Commended, Best Books for Kids and Teens, Canadian Children's Book Centre, Starred Selection, 2014
I Am Canada: Graves of Ice

I Am Canada: Graves of Ice: The Lost Franklin Expedition, George Chambers, The Northwest Passage, 1845

By John Wilson

  • Short-listed, Hackmatack Children's Choice Award (Atlantic Canada), 2015
  • Short-listed, Hackmatack Children's Choice Award (Atlantic Canada), 2015
  • Commended, Best Books for Kids and Teens, Canadian Children's Book Centre, 2014
  • Commended, Best Books for Kids and Teens, Canadian Children's Book Centre, 2014
  • Commended, Resource Links, Best of the Year, 2014
  • Commended, Resource Links, Best of the Year, 2014
Fox and Squirrel

Fox and Squirrel

By Ruth Ohi

  • Short-listed, Shining Willow Award (Saskatchewan Young Readers' Choice), 2015
  • Short-listed, Marilyn Baillie Picture Book Award, 2014
  • Commended, Best Books for Kids and Teens, Canadian Children's Book Centre, 2014
Ultra

Ultra

By David Carroll

  • Winner, Manitoba Young Readers' Choice Award, 2015
  • Winner, Diamond Willow Award (Saskatchewan Young Readers' Choice), 2014
  • Winner, Cybils (Children's and Young Adults Bloggers' Literary Awards), Middle-Grade Fiction, 2013
  • Short-listed, Ruth and Sylvia Schwartz Award, 2014
  • Short-listed, Red Cedar Award (BC Young Readers' Choice), 2014
  • Short-listed, OLA Silver Birch Award, Fiction, 2014
  • Commended, Best Books for Kids and Teens, Canadian Children's Book Centre, 2014
Dear Canada: All Fall Down

Dear Canada: All Fall Down: The Landslide Diary of Abby Roberts, Frank, District of Alberta, 1902

By Jean Little

  • Short-listed, Rocky Mountain Book Award (Alberta Children's Choice), 2015
  • Short-listed, Rocky Mountain Book Award (Alberta Children's Choice), 2015
  • Short-listed, Hackmatack Children's Choice Award (Atlantic Canada), 2015
  • Short-listed, Hackmatack Children's Choice Award (Atlantic Canada), 2015
  • Commended, Best Books for Kids and Teens, Canadian Children's Book Centre, 2014
  • Commended, Resource Links, Best of the Year, 2014
  • Commended, Resource Links, Best of the Year, 2014
  • Commended, Best Books for Kids and Teens, Canadian Children's Book Centre, 2014
Curse of the Dream Witch

Curse of the Dream Witch

By Allan Stratton

  • Winner, Canadian Library Association Book of the Year for Children, 2014
  • Short-listed, Rocky Mountain Book Award (Alberta Children's Choice), 2015
  • Short-listed, Diamond Willow Award (Saskatchewan Young Readers' Choice), 2015
  • Short-listed, Monica Hughes Award for Science Fiction and Fantasy, 2014
  • Short-listed, Red Cedar Award (BC Young Readers' Choice), 2014
  • Short-listed, OLA Silver Birch Award, Fiction, 2014
  • Commended, Best Books for Kids and Teens, Canadian Children's Book Centre, 2014
  • Commended, Resource Links, Best of the Year, 2013
Underground Soldier

Underground Soldier

By Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch

  • Short-listed, Kobzar Literary Award, 2016
  • Short-listed, Geoffrey Bilson Award for Historical Fiction for Young People, 2015
  • Commended, Best Books for Kids and Teens, Canadian Children's Book Centre, 2015
  • Commended, Resource Links, Best of the Year, 2014